The Black Consumer Advisory: Leveraging Our Dollars For Change
"In the wake of nationwide protests against systemic #racism in 2020, many corporations and institutions publicly committed to being more diverse, equitable, and inclusive. Five years later and some are starting to backtrack without ever meeting promises made. As businesses reverse their commitments, it is time to hold them accountable."
#NAACP #DEI
https://naacp.org/campaigns/black-consumer-advisory
https://fortune.com/2025/04/01/target-dei-demise-boycott-foot-traffic-down-eighth-consecutive-week/ I was a pretty regular #Target shopper. I have found it is not difficult to not do that. Of course I suspect we’ll be doing a lot less shopping now thanks to the trade war anyway. #NAACP #boycott
Albert Einstein Truly a Giant of a man.#AlbertEinstein #truegenius #naacp #StopRacism #FuckNazis
Today in Labor History March 31, 1966: There was a two-day boycott of Seattle schools protesting segregation. The protest was organized by the Central Area Civil Rights Committee (CACRC), the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). The organizers set up eight “Freedom Schools” to educate students who walked out of class. But they had to scramble to come up with dozens more because so many students honored the boycott. The “Freedom Schools” taught African American history and the history of the civil rights movement, among other things.
Today in Labor History March 25, 1931: The authorities arrested the Scottsboro Boys in Alabama and charged them with rape. The Scottsboro Boys were nine African American youths, ages 13 to 20, falsely accused of raping two white women. A lynch mob tried to murder them before they had even been indicted. All-white juries convicted each of them. Several judges gave death sentences, a common practice in Alabama at the time for black men convicted of raping white women. The Communist Party and the NAACP fought to get the cases appealed and retried. Finally, after numerous retrials and years in harsh prisons, four of the Scottsboro Boys were acquitted and released. The other five were got sentences ranging from 75 years to death. All were released or escaped by 1946. Poet and playwright Langston Hughes wrote it in his work Scottsboro Limited. And Richard Wright's 1940 novel Native Son was influenced by the case.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #scottsboroboys #racism #lynching #rape #prison #langstonhughes #richardwright #novel #naacp #communism #books #author #writer #fiction #alabama #BlackMastadon @bookstadon
The #NAACP has announced the launch of the Black Consumer Advisory to help Black consumers stay informed on which companies promote diversity.
#NAACP calling for #Boycotts of #Amazon, #Walmart ,& #Meta (& those folks HATE corporate boycotts so they must be hella pissed off now
#50501Movement organizing rolling boycotts of major brands, with a total #BuyNothingDay on 2/28
I avoid buying from corporations so this is easy for me. Hoping the practice will enable larger actions SOON
"The #NAACP is speaking with executives @ companies named in the advisory for reversing their DEI policies — including Lowe’s, Target, Walmart, Amazon, Meta, McDonald’s, & Tractor Supply — & will update its guidance as companies roll back or reaffirm commitments to DEI. The advisory praises Costco for standing by previous commitments, as well as Apple, Ben&Jerry’s, Delta Airlines, e.l.f. Cosmetics & JPMorgan Chase & Co."
The #NAACP is speaking with executives @ companies named in the advisory for reversing their DEI policies — including Lowe’s, Target, Walmart, Amazon, Meta, McDonald’s, & Tractor Supply — & will update its guidance as companies roll back or reaffirm commitments to DEI. The advisory praises Costco for standing by previous commitments, as well as Apple, Ben & Jerry’s, Delta Airlines, e.l.f. Cosmetics & JPMorgan Chase & Co.
On this day in 1909, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (#NAACP) was founded.
In a 2003 interview for WQED’s Black Horizons, then-NAACP Chairman Julian Bond reflected on the ongoing fight for equality: https://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-be7a7033642
Early activist Ida B. Wells was a fearless investigative journalist, pioneering modern reporting techniques. Wells co-founded the NAACP and dedicated her life to fighting for equal rights, suffrage and opposing violence.
Today in Labor History February 5, 1994: A jury convicted Byron De La Beckwork of murdering civil rights leader Medgar Evers, only 31 years after the fact. Edgars fought to overturn segregation at the University of Mississippi, end segregation of public facilities, and expand voting rights for African Americans He was the first NAACP field secretary in Mississippi. He was also a decorated US Army veteran who served in World War II.
started a #wikipedia article on Los Angeles-based pianist and music educator, Lorenza Jordan Cole (1897-1994): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenza_Jordan_Cole @wikiwomeninred #BlackHistoryMonth @juilliardschool #Seattle #Cincinnati @wikipedia_la #Pianist #NAACP #UCLA
I have started taking donation calls for the #NAACP and entitled white assholes keep calling and saying 'white lives matter' because they are dicks.
any good short concise comeback I can use?
Great! ok now one that will not get me fired?
https://wcl.american.libguides.com/voting/history/timeline
Progress seems to be some sort of dance.
Two steps forward, one step back.
Once, there were signs in places that read, "Whites only!" or "Blacks & Mexicans Not Allowed"
Now, we have signs that read, "We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone, for any reason."
There is no accountability for discrimination now. An establishment can systematically deny service to any demographic they choose, without being charged with discrimination. To put together a case for discrimination, would require a large data set, that would include the name of the establishment, and the demographics of the person denied service. Then, you would have to prove that there was a strong enough statistical correlation to make the case for discrimination. Then there would be drawn out legal battles, and the courts favor the rich. A class action lawsuit against an establishment that discriminates illegally, would be very hard to put together.
We may be running on a treadmill, with the lure of money (the carrots) dangled to tempt us, the fear of poverty (the stick) threatening us, and token illusions of progress to keep us motivated.
Maybe we need to change tactics, and step off the treadmill.
When no temptation and no fear can dissuade us from seeking equal rights and justice, that will be progress.
NAACP Podcast ‘Our Culture, Our Stories’ to Feature Sterling K. Brown, Roy Wood Jr., Ruth Carter, Dawn Porter and More
#Variety #News #ImageAwards #NAACP #SterlingKBrown #WhattoHear
Dec 1 1955, 69 years ago:
#RosaParks refused to give up her bus seat and became a #CivilRights icon
#BrowdervGayle ruled public transport #segregation unconstitutional in 1956, but Rosa was not party to it- her case was stuck in #Alabama #courts. #Lawyer #FredGray and #NAACP's #ThurgoodMarshall used earlier cases of #blackwomen refusing to give up their seats for #Federal #Court action:
#ClaudetteColvin and #MaryLouiseSmith
Ancient history?
Fred, Claudette and Mary are all alive today
#AmnestyInternationalUSA Urges No Vote on #HR9495
November 12, 2024
"#Amnesty International USA warns that language in H.R. 9495 poses an alarming threat to the work of U.S. civil society organizations who document #HumanRights abuses around the world and urges members of Congress to vote against it.
"If enacted, this legislation would grant the Secretary of the Treasury broad discretionary powers to terminate the tax-exempt status of nonprofit organizations based solely on a subjective declaration that they are 'terrorist supporting organizations.'
"'In any other context, this legislation would be seen for what it is, a play from the #authoritarian leader’s playbook,' said Paul O’Brien, Executive Director at Amnesty International USA.
"The broad and vague authority to terminate non-profit status in the name of 'counterterrorism' is a practice that many governments have used to target civil society organizations. There are no safeguards to prevent H.R. 9495’s broad authority from being misused to harass or intimidate organizations for exercising their rights.
"The bill includes no due process for organizations deemed to be supporting 'terrorist' groups. The Secretary of the Treasury can use 'classified information' to make these designations without permitting nonprofits to review or challenge such evidence in federal courts. The loss of tax-exempt status similarly has no due process guarantees and would inflict economic harm and legally burden nonprofit organizations.
"Amnesty International USA joins more than 100 #CivilSociety groups, including #ACLU, #BrennanCenter, #PublicCitizen, #AFT, #NEA, #LCV, #CAP, #Indivisible, #NAACP, #ReproductiveFreedomForAll, and #NationalWomensLawCenter to oppose this legislation.
"'This bill, if it becomes the law, would not require officials to explain the reason for designating a group, nor does it require any evidence,' continued O’Brien. 'Members of Congress must recognize the danger posed and vote down this bill that could shrink civic space and silence civil society organizations.'"
https://www.amnestyusa.org/press-releases/amnesty-international-usa-urges-no-vote-on-h-r-9495/
Via Janai Nelson / JNelsonLDF / #NAACP Legal Defense Fund
8:37 PM · Nov 5, 2024
